woo

woo

 (wo͞o)

v. wooed, woo·ing, woos

v.tr.

1. To seek the affection of (someone, especially a woman) with the intent to marry or begin a romantic relationship.

2. To gain the favor of (someone) or move (someone) to do something by entreaties or inducements: an ad campaign that wooed customers away from their usual brand.

v.intr.

To seek the romantic affection of someone, especially a woman.

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[Middle English wowen, from Old English wōgian.]

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woo′er n.

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woo

(wuː)

vb, woos, wooing or wooed

1. to seek the affection, favour, or love of (a woman) with a view to marriage

2. (tr) to seek after zealously or hopefully: to woo fame.

3. (tr) to bring upon oneself (good or evil results) by one's own action

4. (tr) to beg or importune (someone)

[Old English wōgian, of obscure origin]

ˈwooer n

ˈwooing n

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woo

(wu)

v.t.

1. to seek the favor, affection, or love of, esp. with a view to marriage.

2. to seek or invite: to woo fame; to woo one's own destruction.

3. to seek to persuade (a person, group, etc.), as to do something; solicit; importune.

v.i.

4. to court a woman.

[before 1050; Middle English wowen, late Old English wōgian]

woo′er, n.

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woo

Past participle: wooed
Gerund: wooing

Imperative

woo

woo

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	woo - seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" court
	2.	woo - make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" court, romance, solicit act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" chase after, chase - pursue someone sexually or romantically display - attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals

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woo

verb

1. seek, cultivate, try to attract, curry favour with, seek to win, solicit the goodwill of The bank wooed customers by offering low interest rates.

2. court, chase, pursue, spark (rare), importune, seek to win, pay court to, seek the hand of, set your cap at (old-fashioned), pay your addresses to, pay suit to, press your suit with The penniless author successfully wooed and married Roxanne.

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woo

verb

To attempt to gain the affection of:

court, pursue, spark.

Informal: romance.

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Translations

يَخْطُب وُد، يَتَوَدَّد إلى، يُغازِل

bejle til

freien

cortejar

courtiserenrôlergagnerrecruter

biîla til

amoreggiarecorteggiaresollecitare

kavalierius

bildināt

namorar

uchádzať sa o

kur yapmak

男性向女子求婚

woo

[wuː] VT

1. (lit) → cortejar

2. (fig) → buscarse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

woo

[ˈwuː] vt [+ woman] → faire la cour à, courtiser

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

woo

vt

(dated, = court) woman → den Hof machen (+dat), → umwerben

person → umwerben; (fig) stardom, sleep etc → suchen; audience etc → für sich zu gewinnen versuchen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

woo

[wuː] vt → corteggiare (fig) (voters, audience) → cercare di conquistare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

woo

(wuː) – 3rd person singular present tense woos: past tense, past participle wooed – verb

(of a man) to seek as a wife. He wooed the daughter of the king. aanlê by, die hof maak يَخْطُب وُد، يَتَوَدَّد إلى، يُغازِل ухажвам cortejar ucházet se o freien um bejle til πολιορκώ, φλερτάρωcortejar kosima خواستگاری کردن؛ اظهار عشق کردن kosiskella faire la cour לְחַזֵר प्रेम जताना udvarati udvarol (vkinek) melamar biðla til corteggiare 求愛する 구애하다 merginti, pirštis bildināt cuba memikat; mengurat het hof maken fri/beile til zalecać się مينه ښكاره كول، رضا كول (دمعاشقې دپاره): پلټل، لټول: ټينګار كول cortejar a curta ухаживать uchádzať sa o, nahovárať si dvoriti udvarati se fria till, uppvakta แสวงหาความรัก kur yapmak (男性)以結婚為前提追求 залицятися; свататися شادی کا پیغام دینا theo đuổi （男性）向女子求婚

ˈwooer noun

hofmaker مُغازِل، مُتَوَدِّد، خاطِب ухажор pretendente nápadník der Freier bejler μνηστήρας, θαυμαστήςpretendiente kosija خواستگار kosiskelija prétendantמחזר प्रणययाचक udvarač (komoly) udvarló pelamar, merayu biðill corteggiatore, pretendente 求愛者 구애자 kavalierius bildinātājs pemikat; pengurat vrijerfrier, beiler zalotnik مينې ته رابلونكى، معاشقې ته راضي كوونكى pretendente pretendent ухажёр nápadník, ctiteľ snubec udvarač friare คนที่เกี้ยวพาราศี kur yapan kimse 追求者, 求愛者 залицяльник شادی کا پیغام دینے والا anh chàng tán gái 追求者，求爱者

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